The year of the snake: How my mother came to embrace her zodiac sign
"Horses are boring and gullible. Dragons are overrated, all show and no substance. Pigs are . . . well, pigs,"...
David Lynch’s musical collaborations built worlds out of what was heard as much as what was seen
Today, Trent Reznor is an Oscar-winning artist who’s composed some of the most evocative movie scores in recent memory, including...
Trump and Musk’s plan for a massive purge of the federal workforce, explained
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping effort to purge and reshape the federal government is underway.Federal employees have arrived at...
Democrats Wake Up And Vow To Obstruct Trump
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“Trump is trying to collapse our economy”: The “war on woke” is revealed as a war on all Americans
Initially, the most striking detail in the White House Office of Management and Budget memo that has put a "pause" on huge...
What my Black mother’s involuntary sterilization in 1965 reveals about America today
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Stories For Our Time: ‘Number 24’ And ‘Say Nothing’
A lot of us are wondering lately: "What would I do under the right oppressive conditions?" Two works of cinema...
RFK Jr. secretly recorded second wife during divorce and acknowledged being “polygamous”
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“Dystopian”: Trump issues new order to stamp out trans youth healthcare
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Jim Acosta officially signs off from CNN: “Don‘t give in to the lies. Don‘t give in to the fear”
After nearly 18 years with CNN, Jim Acosta officially signed off from the network with a message directed at viewers...
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